All your secrets are belong to us

Presented by: Callum Whyte

Admit it: we've all checked in an API key or password to a repo at some point... Oops... No one wants their secrets to accidentally leak, so this session is your essential refresher on secret management (and mismanagement!) for your applications and beyond! ...

Tags: .NET, Security, DevOpsFormat: General SessionLevel: Intermediate

Clean Architecture with ASP.NET Core 8

Presented by: Steve Smith

Clean Architecture is a very popular approach for DDD and Microservices, and for good reason. It's not a new approach, and went by other names in the past (e.g. Onion, Hexagonal, Ports-and-Adapters). One of the main benefits of the approach is its focus on business logic and its reduction in...

Tags: .NET, C#, Backend, Object Oriented Programming, Programming Principles, Architecture, System Design, Code QualityFormat: General SessionLevel: Intermediate

CQRS with Event Sourcing using the “Critter Stack”

Presented by: Jeremy Miller

Do you have a system where you think would be a good fit for a CQRS architecture that also uses Event Sourcing for at least part of its persistence strategy? Are you intimidated by the potential complexity of that kind of approach? ...

Tags: .NET, Databases, ArchitectureFormat: General SessionLevel: Intermediate

Dev Containers. What are they and why do you need them?

Presented by: Joseph Guadagno

You're onboarding a new team member, or your team recently inherited a project that uses a different SDK/framework version than your current project uses. What do you do? Install the old SDK/framework versions? Can they even be installed at the same time on the same machine? What if I told you...

Tags: .NET, DevOps, CI/CDFormat: General SessionLevel: Intermediate

Modern Authentication and Authorization with OIDC, OAuth2, and Resource-based Permissions

Presented by: Eric Boyd

Open web standards for authentication, authorization and delegation are especially important in our connected, integrated, and mobile world. There are expectations for single sign-on, integration with external partners, multi-tenancy, identity across application tiers, and authentication with...

Tags: .NET, Backend, SecurityFormat: General SessionLevel: Intermediate

MSBuild Unleashed: Breaking Free From Complex CI Pipelines

Presented by: Dan Siegel

In today's rapidly evolving software landscape, Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) are the linchpins of a streamlined and efficient development process. However, with myriad build platforms, technologies, and tooling, we often find ourselves entangled in complex build...

Tags: .NET, Programming Principles, CI/CDFormat: General SessionLevel: Intermediate

Rebuild your APIs Better, Strong, Faster with Minimal APIs

Presented by: Jonathan "J." Tower

If you currently have a controller-based API built in ASP.NET or ASP.NET Core, you might be eager to embark on the journey of transitioning it to a Minimal API approach, but not know the best process to make it happen. If so, this talk is tailor-made for you. ...

Tags: .NET, C#, BackendFormat: General SessionLevel: Intermediate

State of Mobile Development

Presented by: Sam Basu

It’s 2024. Thankfully, developers have a lot of choice in how to build for mobile form factors. Mobile strategy can often be an afterthought – in reality, it needs to be driven by type of app, audience, platform reach, developer expertise & need for code reuse. ...

Tags: .NET, JavascriptFormat: General SessionLevel: Intermediate